synchronize DAQ board

[NAUSHICA]

I have SCXI-1600 & a PXI-6289. 1600 is in SCXI-1001 chassis & 6289 is in a combo chassis.
6289 is in parallel mode acquiring signals from all 16 channels. I need to acquire another signal with
1600 but needs to be synchronized.

How can I syncronize the two DAQ cards?

6289 acquires  AC voltages & 1600 acquires the signal of current waveform converted to voltage with a shunt
resistor. I am doing this because, I need to measure the phase lag between current & voltages.

[Sarah_Coleman_NIUK]

Hi,

It isn't possible to synchronise the USB port with the PXI bus in hardware. You could time them in software, which may not be sufficiently accurate for you

Alternatively you could time them using the trigger line on the SCXI 1600:

You can find information on configuring this trigger in the SCXI 1600 user manual:

https://www.ni.com/docs/en-US/bundle/373364c/resource/373364c.pdf

Sarahb

NI | UK

[Brooks_C]

Hello Everyone,

For future reference, some of the above documents have been merged into one in this KnowledgeBase 4T8CS7E9: Frequently Asked Questions for the NI SCXI-1600 USB Data Acquisition and Control Module. [article no longer available 12/16/25]

Cheers,